Hyundai named former BMW executive Andreas-Christoph Hofmann as its new marketing chief in Europe. Hofmann joins Hyundai Europe as the automaker seeks to become the region's best-selling Asian brand by overtaking Toyota and Nissan.Read More »

Hyundai named former BMW executive Andreas-Christoph Hofmann as its new marketing chief in Europe. Hofmann joins Hyundai Europe as the automaker seeks to become the region's best-selling Asian brand by overtaking Toyota and Nissan.

Irishman John Martin is tasked with accelerating the integration of manufacturing and supply strategies within Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi in his new job as head of manufacturing engineering and supply chain management for the alliance. Martin is currently Nissan's North America factory boss.

Hyundai has appointed Tao Hung Tan as its new chief of China operations. The move comes as payment disputes with suppliers resulted in the temporary shutdown of production last month at four of the automaker's China factories.

Ford has named Adil Shirinov CEO of its Russian joint venture, Ford Sollers. The Russian executive succeeds Mark Ovenden, who Ford has been promoted to head of sales and marketing for the Asia Pacific region.

VW Group named Werner Eichhorn, a longtime executive from its European operations, as the new head of sales and marketing for the VW brand in North America. Eichorn is succeeded in his current role as sales and marketing chief at Skoda by Alain Favey.